Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Quarterly Selected Financial Data (Detail)

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Quarterly Selected Financial Data (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Mar. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]                      
Total revenue $ 788,909us-gaap_Revenues $ 907,017us-gaap_Revenues $ 765,927us-gaap_Revenues $ 664,028us-gaap_Revenues $ 600,345us-gaap_Revenues $ 797,885us-gaap_Revenues $ 644,433us-gaap_Revenues $ 527,631us-gaap_Revenues $ 3,125,881us-gaap_Revenues $ 2,570,294us-gaap_Revenues $ 2,276,246us-gaap_Revenues
Operating income 46,442us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 234,822us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 148,588us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 73,089us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 61,430us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 208,080us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 95,389us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 30,988us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 502,941us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 395,887us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 357,093us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Net income (loss) attributable to Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. $ (25,609)us-gaap_ProfitLoss [1] $ 201,078us-gaap_ProfitLoss [2] $ 111,616us-gaap_ProfitLoss [3] $ 51,267us-gaap_ProfitLoss [4] $ 36,092us-gaap_ProfitLoss [5] $ 170,858us-gaap_ProfitLoss [6] $ (8,841)us-gaap_ProfitLoss [7] $ (96,395)us-gaap_ProfitLoss [8] $ 342,601us-gaap_ProfitLoss $ 102,886us-gaap_ProfitLoss $ 168,556us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Earnings (loss) per share:                      
Basic (in dollars per share) $ (0.12)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.99us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.54us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.25us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.18us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.84us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ (0.04)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ (0.49)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 1.64us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.50us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.95us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted (in dollars per share) $ (0.12)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.97us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.54us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.24us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.17us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.82us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ (0.04)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ (0.49)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 1.62us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.49us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.94us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
[1] Includes a total of $103.3 million of expenses as follows: - $13.6 million of non-cash compensation; - $10.6 million related to tax due to the change in corporate structure; - $15.4 million of expenses related to financing transactions in conjunction with the Acquisition of Prestige - $37.2 million related to the Acquisition of Prestige which includes legal, accounting, consulting fees and integration and severance costs; - $25.6 million related to the Acquisition of Prestige of which $13.0 million related to the fair value adjustment of deferred revenue and $12.6 million related to amortization expense; and - $0.9 million related to the tax restructuring.
[2] Includes $20.3 million of certain fees (legal, accounting and consulting) and integration costs related to the Acquisition of Prestige, $7.0 million of expenses associated with non-cash compensation and $0.8 million of expenses related to the tax restructuring.
[3] Includes $5.0 million of expenses associated with non-cash compensation and $2.3 million of expenses related to the tax restructuring and costs related to the settlement of a 2007 breach of contract claim.
[4] Includes $2.7 million of expenses associated with non-cash compensation and a tax benefit of $6.7 million from a change in estimate of tax provision associated with a change in our corporate entity structure and expenses related the Secondary Equity Offering.
[5] Includes $4.1 million of expenses, net related to non-cash compensation, a Secondary Equity Offering and benefits incurred from changes in corporate entity structure.
[6] Includes $9.3 million of expenses associated with non-cash compensation, changes in corporate entity structure and a Secondary Equity Offering.
[7] Includes $69.1 million of expenses associated with debt prepayments, non-cash compensation, changes in corporate entity structure and other supplemental adjustments.
[8] Includes $110.4 million of expenses associated with debt prepayments, non-cash compensation, changes in corporate entity structure and other supplemental adjustments.